Is the cask of facilitation ready for bottling?: A symposium on the connectivity and future directions of positive plant interactions

Robin J. Pakeman; Francisco I. Pugnaire; Richard Michalet; Chris J. Lortie; Katja Schiffers; Fernando T. Maestre; Justin M. J. Travis

doi:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0384

Is the cask of facilitation ready for bottling? A symposium on the connectivity and future directions of positive plant interactions

Robin J. Pakeman, Francisco I. Pugnaire, Richard Michalet, Chris J. Lortie, Katja Schiffers, Fernando T. Maestre, Justin M. J. Travis

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The 2009 British Ecological Society's Annual Symposium entitled 'Facilitation in Plant Communities' was held at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, from 20 to 22 April 2009. This was the first ever international meeting dedicated to the rapidly expanding field of facilitation. The aim of the symposium was to assess the current 'state-of-play' by contrasting findings from different systems and by looking outwards in an attempt to integrate this field with other related fields. It was also aimed at understanding how knowledge of facilitation can help understand community dynamics and be applied to ecosystem restoration. The symposium identified several key areas where future work is likely to be most profitable.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	577-579
Number of pages	3
Journal	Biology Letters
Volume	5
Issue number	5
Early online date	17 Jun 2009
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0384
Publication status	Published - 11 Sept 2009

Keywords

community
competition
evolution
mutualism
positive interactions
restoration
communities
inhibition
ecosystem

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